Growth of one-dimensional nanostructures in porous polymer-derived ceramics by catalyst-assisted pyrolysis. Part I: Iron catalyst

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 959-968

  Vakifahmetoglu, Cekdar ^a   Pippel, Eckhard ^b   Woltersdorf, Jörg ^b   Colombo, Paolo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY; GAS-PHASE REACTIONS; GROWTH MECHANISMS; IRON CATALYST; MATRIX; ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURE; POLYSILOXANES; POROGENS; POROUS MONOLITHS; POROUS POLYMERS; PRECERAMIC POLYMER; PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE; SILICON CARBIDE NANOWIRES; VAPOR-LIQUID-SOLID; X-RAY DIFFRACTION DATA;

AMORPHOUS CARBON; CATALYSTS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISSIPATION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOWIRES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICONES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

PYROLYSIS;

EID: 77950534180     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2009.03448.x     Document Type: Article

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